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Song of Solomon 8:6

Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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Barnes' Notes

Song of Solomon 8:6-7

The bride says this as she clings to his arm and rests her head upon his bosom. Compare Joh 13:23; Joh 21:20. This brief dialogue corresponds to the longer one Cant. 4:7–5:1, on the day of their…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

As seals are not impressed upon the heart, nor upon the arm, we must understand here the ring seals which were bound round the neck with a cord (Gen 38:18) and carried in the bosom, or which were worn…